I’m taking part in bimble and pimple‘s Sewvember instagram challenge, and on day two our mission, should we choose to accept it, *Dun Dun dundundun Dun*… was “technique”. I happened to be doing a couple of oblique mitred corners that…
Tag: seams
“framing” with an inset strip in a pieced garment
This method gives what could best be described as an inset strip. It can be used to “frame” individual pieces and will highlight the piecing in a design as an interesting feature. It is a flat strip set alongside a…
Jim jams
Mundane, but oh so welcome and necessary. I’ve been absolutely freezing!!! at night lately and my old winter jammies were as thin as! so this was highest of high on my list of priorities. But it had to still sit…
More on sewing knit bands
eleynagomez asked how I made the thumbhole bands on my Nettie bodysuit, thank you so much for asking! I didn’t take any pictures while I was making the real thing but I sat down this weekend and ran up a…
“Baseball” skirt and tee
This is just a bit of silliness really; remember I said I had some idiotic plans for my leftover off-white leatherette? well I just hopped straight into it. This is a new skirt, leatherette with red stitching to delineate the seam…
enclosing all seams in a double layered top/dress
This is a method for sewing a double layered sleeveless dress or top in such a way that all seam allowances are enclosed within the two layers. This could be used to create entirely reversible garments as well as simply giving a…
Lapped flat-felled split side seam
Florencia and Jana (by email) both asked about the lapped, flat-felled split side seam, thank you for asking! Since I finished all my Christmas sewing today… and, can I just say; Whoopeeeeeeeeeee!!!! I had time to get out some scraps…
Bright roses, tops n tights
Y’ello 🙂 I’ve been making stoof. Please bear with me while my photo-taking catches up… Firstly, my new top of stretchy cotton sateen. I must be dreaming of spring already, I think! This is a stash-busting success story. I fell…
